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Investigation of Indoor and Outdoor Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations in Schools in Salt Lake City, Utah

Pollutants, 2022
Although there is mounting evidence that suggests that air pollution is impactful to human health and educational outcomes, this is especially problematic in schools with higher air pollution levels. To understand whether all schools in an urban area are
Daniel L. Mendoza, Tabitha M. Benney, Ryan Bares, Benjamin Fasoli, Corbin Anderson, Shawn A. Gonzales, Erik T. Crosman, Sebastian Hoch   +7 more
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Recent Advances in Laser‐Induced Graphene‐Based Gas Sensors: From Sensing Mechanisms to Biomedical Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Laser induced graphene offers a scalable route to flexible, porous gas sensor with tunable properties and self heating functionality. This summarizes the overview of the design and application landscape of LIG‐based wearable gas sensor in healthcare. ABSTRACT Direct laser irradiation of carbonaceous precursors such as polyimide and wood is a scalable ...
Md Abu Sayeed Biswas, Ankan Dutta, Shuvendu Das, Abu Musa Abdullah, Wanqing Zhang, Fatema Tuz Zohra, Huanyu Cheng   +6 more
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Air pollution and indoor settings

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2021
Indoor environments contribute significantly to total human exposure to air pollutants, as people spend most of their time indoors. Household air pollution (HAP) resulting from cooking with polluting (“dirty”) fuels, which include coal, kerosene, and ...
Nelson Augusto Rosário Filho, Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira, Gennaro D'Amato, Lorenzo Cecchi, Ignacio J. Ansotegui, Carmen Galán, Anna Pomés, Margarita Murrieta-Aguttes, Luis Caraballo, Philip Rouadi, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Ruby Pawankar, Herberto J. Chong-Neto, David B. Peden   +13 more
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Migration and Dispersion Evolution of Exhaled Aerosol in a Ward Under Different Ventilation Modes

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wards with special functions and closure will have a higher risk of viral transmission as aerosols are an important mode of transmission for the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus. In this study, an experimental platform was built to establish the relevant parameters of the aerosol model and the aerosol propagation model according to the experimental results ...
Jingzhi Zhang, Tongqiang Xia, Qilin Yang, Yilin Cui, Ting Li, Feiqiang Guo, Kun Zhang, Rabatuly Mukhammedrakhym, Peng Hou   +8 more
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A study on the perceived impact of indoor air pollution in a slum area of Kolkata, West Bengal

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2022
BACKGROUND: Indoor air pollution is one of the most serious environmental health concerns in today's times. OBJECTIVES: The objective is to find out the sources and health effects of indoor air pollution as well as assess the housing conditions among ...
Sinjita Dutta, Vineeta Shukla, Mausumi Basu, Meghna Mukherjee, Ankita Mishra, Ripan Saha   +5 more
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Physicochemical Properties of Fly Ash From Waste Incineration Power Plants and Study of Slaking Mechanism

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the acceleration of urbanization, the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) has become one of the global challenges. The waste incineration process will produce fly ash containing a large amount of heavy metals and organic matter.
Qiang Tan, Liang Wu, Hongman Huang, Pengfei Sheng, Zhaosheng Yu   +4 more
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Analysis of the influence of exogenous factors on indoor air quality in residential buildings

Frontiers in Built Environment
Indoor air pollution presents a significant global health risk, yet the influence of outdoor air pollution and meteorological factors on indoor air quality is not well understood.
Deborah Nibagwire, Godson R. E. E. Ana, Egide Kalisa, Gratien Twagirayezu, Gratien Twagirayezu, Abdou Safari Kagabo, Jacques Nsengiyumva, Jacques Nsengiyumva   +7 more
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Evaluation of indoor air quality and its symptoms in office building – A case study of Mashhad, Iran

Data in Brief, 2018
Air pollution sources in indoor area are one of the main factors for reducing indoor air quality of locations. In the current research, factors affecting indoor air quality and its symptoms are evaluate as case study in an office building in Mashhad ...
Zahra Atarodi, Kamaladdin Karimyan, Vinod Kumar Gupta, Morteza Abbasi, Masoud Moradi   +4 more
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Household level of air pollution and its impact on the occurrence of Acute Respiratory Illness among children under five: secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey in West Africa

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background One out of ten deaths of children under five are attributable to indoor air pollution. And Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI) is among the direct causes. Objective This study showed the possibilities of characterizing indoor air pollution in West
Mouhamadou Lamine Daffe, Salimata Thiam, Fatoumata Bah, Awa Ndong, Mathilde Cabral, Cheikh Diop, Aminata Toure, Absa Lam, Mamadou Fall   +8 more
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Mechanistic Insights Into Photocatalytic Materials for Toxic Pollutants: Environmental Remediation of Personal Care Products

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Photocatalytic materials have emerged as promising solutions for environmental applications due to their ability to degrade organic pollutants under sunlight or artificial light. In this review, recent progress on the photocatalytic materials used for the degradation of pharmaceutical personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental ...
Urvashi Sen, Gunjan Chauhan, Surbhi Soni, Monika Vats, Anand Kumar, Indra Bahadur   +5 more
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